Rank

2867of 3,144

Ramsey, Minnesota

Score 4.87 / 10· population 536,075

About 536,100 people live in Ramsey, Minnesota. It ranks #2,867 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #87 of 87 in Minnesota. The combined sales tax is 8.37%, higher than in 90% of counties. Property tax takes about 1.19% of a home's value each year, more than in 81% of counties. Local government employs a smaller share of working residents than in 82% of counties. The homicide rate is higher than in 80% of counties. Life expectancy is about 77.7 years, longer than in 72% of counties. Air quality is better than in 57% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 40), and flood and hurricane risk is higher than in 90% of counties. On this site's state scores, Minnesota gets 6.34 of 10 for economic freedom, based on the Fraser Institute's ranking, and 4 of 10 for gun rights.

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Government behavior

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)6.3
  2. 2A (state)4.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President2.8
  4. Sales tax2.4
  5. Property tax4.1

Environment

  1. Air quality6.0
  2. Floods / hurricanes0.6

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate6.5
  2. Life expectancy7.7
  3. Government employees8.2
  4. Single-parent households4.0

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